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AMONG THE HOLIDAY TRAVELLERS ARRIVING AT LONDON AIRPORT ON EASTER MONDAY WERE FILM STAR SOPHIA LOREN AND PRODUCER CARLO PONTI.

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AMONG THE HOLIDAY TRAVELLERS ARRIVING AT LONDON AIRPORT ON EASTER MONDAY WERE FILM STAR SOPHIA LOREN AND PRODUCER CARLO PONTI. INTERVIEWED SOPHIA DENIED RUMOURS THAT SHE AND PONTI HAD BEEN MARRIED IN PARIS OVER EASTER.

THE 31-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS AND PONTI WERE MARRIED BY PROXY IN MEXICO IN 1957, WHERE THE PRODUCER OBTAINED A DIVORCE FROM HIS FIRST WIFE. HOWEVER, A ROME COURT LAST YEAR ANNULLED THE MEXICAN MARRIAGE ON THE GROUNDS THAT SIGNOR PONTI WAS NOT FREE TO MARRY. DIVORCE IS ILLEGAL IN ITALY AND THE COUPLE STILL FACE BIGAMY CHARGES, EXPECTED TO BE HEARD IN ROME ON 28 APRIL.